Book Review- Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasPublished by Bloomsbury on August 2nd, 2012Genres: Young Adult, High FantasyPages: 404GoodreadsAmazon

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king’s council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her … but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead … quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

This book blew me away.

From the first chapter I was swept away by the story and the characters and the vivid imagery. Celaena is taken from the salt mines of Endovier, where she was kept as a slave for a year, to the royal palace, where she is forced into a competition to be the champion for the King. I know some people have an issue with Celaena’s empty threats and lack of action, but I actually liked that. It showed me a lot of who she is as a character: she has a quick temper and even at her worst she still wants to fight.

All of the characters in this book were so dimensional and intriguing. They each had their own unique voices, and I had no problem differentiating between even the smallest of characters. I loved Dorian and Chaol especially, and they both were such strong characters, yet in very different ways.
Another thing I loved about this book was even though there were some “romancy” moments and plot lines, there was no “insta-love” or anything like that. What romance there was was very organic.

I honestly would recommend this book to everyone. It’s a book that I went into thinking I wouldn’t enjoy at all, and then loved more than I thought was possible. I know that this series is super hyped up (another reason why I put off reading it for so long) but THE HYPE IS REAL GUYS. IT’S REAL.

Isn’t Sarah J. Maas amazing!!! Her writing is just so fantastic I can’t get over it! If you loved this book (which I haven’t read yet.. I know sad, I should get on that) then I swear you will LOVE her Court of Thorns and Roses series! The second one is what rekindled my love for reading! (Court of Mist and Fury) Plus the third book is a big thumbs up!

I actually read all the way up to Tower of Dawn!!! Otherwise I would love to!! I might do a reread though, so maybe I will join in the buddy read! Let me know when it’s getting close and how I can join!

Haha I have read the novellas too! And I’m planning on starting Tower of Dawn soon. But I do want to do a re read of them (because I am reading them so fast and I just want to make sure I don’t blur the plots!!).

Interesting. Okay. I had another blog friend suggest waiting until after book 4 or 5. I can’t remember, and of course can’t find the comment, lol. I will keep both ideas in mind and see how I feel. I definitely don’t want to try to read any right now before book 2.

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